Dress shield and crossed-tape support



Nov. 27, 1945. E. HARPOOTLIAN DRESS SHIELD AND CROSSED-TAPE SUPPORT Filed Aug. 24, 1944 Illilll ETHYL HARPOOTLIAN INVENTOR BYW A M,

ATTORN EY Patented Nov. 27, 1945 DRESS SHIELD AND CROSSED- TAPE SUPPORT Ethyl Harpootlian, Brooklyn, N. Y. Application August 24, 1944, Serial No. 550,996

2 Claims.

This invention relates to dress shields, and particularly to an attachment which is stitched to the garment and which has detachable fastener elements whereby a dress shield may be quickly snapped to the armhole portion of the garment.

An object of this invention is to provide a crossed-tape support made of integrally connected tapes which are co-extensive with the dress shield and shaped to fit beneath the armholes of a garment and having snap fastener elements for attaching the inner as well as the outer members of the dress shield to the garment.

Another object of this invention-is to secure the snap fastener elements at points removed from the ends of the tape members whereby the ends remain flexible and easily stitched to the garment and without impairing the functioning of the snap fastener elements.

Another object of this invention is to provide flexible fabric at the crossing of the tapes for securing the attachment to the garment at the cross seam portions of the arm holes. This fastening of the mid-portion makes it an easy matter for the user to automatically locate the end portions of the attachment for stitching the said end portions without the necessity of measuring and exactly locating the points where the stitching oi the end portions of the attachment to the garment is to take place.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention will be hereinafter more particularly described, and the combination and arrangement of parts will be shown in the accompanying drawing and pointed out in the claims which form part of this specification.

Reference will now be had to the drawing,

wherein like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, in which:

Figure l is a front elevation of a portion of a dress and showing a dress shield constructed in accordance with this invention, the shield .Joeing partly broken away to show a portion of the crossed-tape dress shield support.

Figure 2 is a plan view of the crossed-tape dress shield support secured by stitching to a fragmentary portion of a garment.

Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view of the support and dress shield, the section being taken as on line 3-3 in Figure 1.

In the illustrated embodiment of the invention, the numeral Hi indicates a fragmentary portion of a, garment enclosing an armhole, and H indicates a sleeve having a vertical linear seam I2 and connected to the garment by a circularly defined seam l3.

The shield [5 comprises crescent-shaped sections of waterproof fabric I6, adapted to fit, respectively, inside and outside of the armhole of the garment. The sections I6, H are secured in unitary relation by stitching along their inwardly curved edges t8.

As best shown in Figure 2, the crossed-tape support 2!! is made of two flexible fabric tapes 2| and 22 which are positioned in right-angular relation to each other. The tapes are secured in unitary relation by stitching 23. The tape 2| is vertically positioned and is in practice made shorter than the horizontally positioned tape 22.

Snap fastener elements 24 are secured at each end portion of the tape 2|. The ends 25 of the tape 2| extend beyond the snap fastener elements 24 and provide sufficient material for stitching the tape 2| to the garment lil.

Snap fastener elements 24 are also secured at the end portions of the tape 22. The ends 26 of the tape 22 also extend beyond the snap fastener elements 24 and provide sufficient material for stitching the tape 22 to the garment l0, similar to the stitching of the tape 2|.

Secured to the seam l2 and extending downwardly from the lower side of the armhole is the tape 2| of the support 20. The crossed portion 21 of the tapes 2| and 22 is stitched to the lower side of the armhole, one piece 2| of the tape 2| extending inside of the armhole and the other piece 2| extending outside the armhole.

Secured to the circular seam l3 and extending upwardly from the lower portion of the armhole is the tape 22 of the support 28. The two parts of the tape 22 extend upwardly respectively towards the front and rear of the circular seam l3. The end portions 26 of the tape 22 are stitched to the seam lit. The sections l6, ll of the shield iii are preferably of unequal size, the section l6 being the larger. In securing the shield in place, the sections IE, IT are disposed in straddling relation to the lower portion of the armhole seam, so that one section lies within the sleeve below the armhole while the other section lies within the garment beneath the armhole.

In operation, the user stitches the crossed portion 21 of the support 20 to the junction of the crossed seams in the armhole of the garment. The user finds the lengths of the end portion of each tape pre-measured from the crossed portion 21 for stitching 23 of the ends of the tapes to the garment seams. The support is thus attached to the garment without the necessity of measuring the other four points of attachment from the crossed mid-portion. The user knows exactly where to tack or stitch the support without any measurements.

It is to be noted that the device includes, when purchased, both th'e support 20 and the shield l5 with the cooperating elements of the snap fasteners properly placed on these members. In laundering the shield, it is merely necessary to detach the shield from the fastener elements and after laundering to re-attach the shield thereto without disturbing the proper spacing of the four fastener elements which are carried by the support, the support remaining stitched to the garment while the hield is laundered. It is contemplated that the user will have a plurality of duplicate dress shields l5 and that when one gets soiled, a clean one may be quickly applied in place of the soiled one.

It will thus be seen that this invention provides the greatest simplicity in the application and use of a dress shield attachable to various garments merely by four-snap actions to the crossed-tapes support. The four-snap fastener is easily applied to the armhole of a garment by stitching.

It is to be noted that the gist of the invention lies in the provision of a unitary support for dress shields, the support serving as a carrier for four integrally connected fastener elements which are pre-measured to fit the fastener elements on a dress shield and that the assembled relation of the support and the shield is secured with positive assurance of a perfect interengagement of the coacting parts.

In accordance with the patent statutes I have described and illustrated the preferred embodiment of my invention, but it will be understood that various changes and modifications can be made therein without departing from the spirit of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In a crescent-shaped protecting shield for a dress sleeve having crossed seams including a vertically positioned seam centrally of said sleeve, said shield having members adapted to fit, respectively, inside and outside of said sleeve; an interchangeable support or adapter made of crossed fabric tapes substantially co-extensive with said shield, said tapes being flexible and adapted to fit solely within the armpit portion of said dress, said tapes being stitched together in unitar relation at said crossed portion, said adapter being stitchable at said crossed portion to said seams, fastener elements secured at each end portion of said tapes, said end portions extending slightly beyond said fastener elements and forming pre-measured extensions clear of said shield and being stitched to said seams, the portions of said tapes intermediate said stitched crossed portion and said fastener elements being unsecured to said sleeve, and co-operating fastener elements secured to said dress shield and positioned to engage said fastener elements on said support.

2. In a crescent-shaped protecting shield for a dress sleeve having crossed seams including a vertically positioned seam centrally of said sleeve, said shield having members adapted to fit, respectively, inside and outside of said sleeve; an interchangeable support or adapter made of crossed flexible fabric tapes, one of said tapes being substantially co-extensive with said dress shield, the other of said tapes being longer than said dress shield, said tapes being stitched together in unitary relation at said crossed portion, said adapter being stitchable at said crossed portion to said seams, fastener elements secured at each end portion of said tapes, said end portions being stitchable to said seams, the portions of said tapes intermediate said crossed portion and said end portions being unsecured to said sleeve, and co-operating fastener elements secured to said dress shield and positioned to engage said fastener elements on said support.

ETHYL HARPOO'ILIAN. 

